Pai Gow Poker is a modern game with ancient ancestry. Based on the old Chinese tile game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker combines the far east with the wild west in an excellent game for starting players.
Pai Gow is a poker game that pits the player vs. the dealer, unlike nearly all other poker games that gamblers bet with other players. By competing against the dealer, new players do not need to worry about other, more skillful people taking their money.
One more Pai Gow edge is the relatively leisurely game play, beginners will be able to take their time and scheme while not needing to make frenzied selections.
It is also much simpler to bet on for a long time with only a small bit of money since, to lose, both of your hands needs to be under both of the casino’s hands.
Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the regular 52-card common deck and a single joker. The player is assigned 7 cards face up and the dealer receives seven cards face down.
A 5 card hand and one 2 card hand must be made from the seven cards, the five card hand has to be better than the two card hand. To succeed, a player needs both of his hand values to be better than the dealer’s.